Motorola: Good customer service, but bad timing - Moto 360

Two weeks ago I was having severe battery drain issues on my Moto 360. Out of nowhere. All I saw was an outline of a battery with a lightning bolt when charging. Eventually it would charge enough, 50%, to take it off the stand. Then, within minutes the screen was black. I'd put it on the stand and the same thing would happen. Outline of a battery with a lightning bolt. Eventually 50%, then drain to black screen.
I did the usual things. Rebooted. No change. I did a factory reset. No change. Deleted all of my Wear apps on the phone. No change.
So, I chatted with Motorola online. The CSR was very helpful but didn't know the Moto 360. She took my number and did a conference call with a Moto 360 CSR. Unfortunately, when the original CSR hung up the conference call ended. I chatted again, explained my story again, got a conference call again. This time the conference call stayed alive when the original CSR hung up.
I briefly explained my issue to the Moto 360 CSR and he immediately offered to exchange it. I had two options. Option 1: Return the watch and they'll send me a new one. He said this takes about 5 business days. Option 1: They send me a new one immediately and put a $220 hold on my credit card. They send me the FedEx info and when I send my old one back (within 6 days of getting the new one) they release the hold.
I opted for option 2. And, I'm GLAD I did. It's been two weeks now and I have yet to receive my replacement Moto 360. I did the online chat again and again they hooked me up with a conference call with a Moto 360 CSR. He said that my silver model is on back order. But he was willing to offer me a black one instead. Just as he was making this offer the phone got disconnected.
As it turns out I solved my problem. How? I did a factory reset on my phone. I don't know why that solved it and I only did this as a "Hail Mary" pass kind of option but it did. So, I guess I'll just see if they ever send me a silver watch. If they do I may just decline the delivery.
I'm glad that my watch got fixed as this would have been a very frustrating experience. And, I'm glad I didn't take option 1 as I'd be without a watch for a long while, I presume.

did u uninstall wear and moto connect from ur phone and rebooted and then install again and rebooted and was still causing it?
thats what a reset on ur phone may have fixed for ya.... just wondering.

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Messed up display!

I left my Moto 360 on the OEM charger overnight as I often do. When I took it off this morning, this is what I see. I have rebooted and power cycled but no change. Is this something that can be fixed, will Best Buy replace it, or should I contact Motorola? I bought it on September 25.
have you tried a factory reset? looks like your watch face profiles are corrupted.
Thanks, I have rebooted, powered off and on, and reset with no change. Guess it's time to contact Motorola.
JimSmith94 said:
I left my Moto 360 on the OEM charger overnight as I often do. When I took it off this morning, this is what I see. I have rebooted and power cycled but no change. Is this something that can be fixed, will Best Buy replace it, or should I contact Motorola? I bought it on September 25.
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If you got the replacement plan thing from BestBuy, yes they will replace it. I've already replaced my first 360. The back side cracked. Was no issue. Since all data is stored/synced from your phone, you won't lose anything. It'll all sync back over.
johnomaz said:
If you got the replacement plan thing from BestBuy, yes they will replace it. I've already replaced my first 360. The back side cracked. Was no issue. Since all data is stored/synced from your phone, you won't lose anything. It'll all sync back over.
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Since Motorola's warranty is for one year, I didn't bother with the Best Buy replacement plan. I haven't heard back from Motorola yet, but I wonder if Best Buy honors the manufacturer's warranty in house.
Update: I left it off the charger last night. This morning most, but not all of the white cloudy ring was gone! I thought it was all gone, but I can still see it on light screens like the settings screen. Whether it will go away completely is yet to be seen. Apparently nobody else has had this, so if Motorola will replace it, I'll let them.
Doubtful. You may be able to buy the plan now though. I got it because it covers everything except accidental breakage. You can get accidental breakage coverage for like $10 more. But any reason that it stops working other than me breaking it is covered. Plus in 2 years I'm sure you won't be able to get a new one in store and a new model may be out. In that case you'll get $$$ back and can buy the new one.
I may have just lucked out! A Motorola rep called this afternoon to say that my replacement would be delayed because the the silver with black band is out of stock. She offered several alternatives including black with leather or any of the metal band watches. I opted for the silver with the light metal band. She didn't say anything about an extra charge and I forgot to ask, so I hope I just got a free upgrade!

Moto 360 Warranty Story

Ok so I bought my silver moto 360 in september of 2014 and fell in love with it instantly. Of course I got the one with the leather band since the metal ones weren't available. It wasn't until January that my moto 360 started to act a little very strange. It would reboot constantly and would get very hot. At one point in time, it would just bootloop till the battery died. So me being the tech geek that I am, I searched the Web far and wide and couldn't find anyone with my similar problem. So I decided to see what motorola would do. They were very understanding of my stress with my device and offered to give me another one but with the cost of withholding $200 dollars on my credit card. Me being broke thought that maybe the moto 360 should just sit for awhile and when I got the money, I would get it fixed. So 3 weeks ago I finally got the money to get my moto 360 fixed. I called motorola and they began the process and withheld my $200 . 4 days after that, I got an email saying that the device I requested wasn't available and they would send me the black one with the black band........so I was like......ummmm I think not. Don't nobody want that black thing. So I called and she explained that the model number that I had was out of stock but the could send me a black one. I explained to her that I just bought a silver pebble steel band and it wouldn't match so she put me on hold and said she would try to help me out......25 minutes later......literally......she got back on and said ," well how about the model number 00421NARTL". I Googled it real quick and seen that it was the silver model, not paying attention to the fact that it comes with the original moto 360 silver band. So I approved and she overnight shipped it. I got my moto 360 and took it out of the shipping package and realized the front of the moto 360 box had a silver band........my heart dropped as I destroyed the tape on the box and behold.........my new moto 360 with the silver band........so I just want to rate there customer service a 10/10 and I like how the dealt with me and my situation just to make me happy. My next phone might be a Motorola phone lol
Great story, but I'm presently going through hell trying to get a refund of $359 for a Gold 360 that I returned weeks ago.
They have pulled all types of shady moves to cheat me, or at least discouraged me from returning a Motorola product ever again.
Beware!
My black moto360 is doing this very same thing... I'm sending it back for another , due to the fact that I charged it fully , pulled it off the charger and went to work. I was there for about 3 hours , and felt a vibration so I checked it. It crashed completely , then got very hot. Now that I have it home , I put it on the charger and it booted back up. I don't trust it now , and my battery life has been very poor for the last few weeks. Honestly , I didnt expect it to even boot up or charge considering how hot it got. Hope I don't end up with someone else's headache.
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Sent ZF2 for RMA, came back and its WORSE

Hey there, this is my second post on here. I'm amazed that it's my second time having bad experiences with the Zenfone 2 when I see everyone so happy with it. Ok, here I go.
A month ago, my (one month old) phone died, you can check the issue and answers here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/help/zenfone-2-charging-dead-t3149072
I asked for a replacement and was denied, sent the phone for RMA instead (spent around $90 to send it and another $10 to get it back, cause I live in South America and had to pay for any costs sorrounding mailing).
I was pretty frustrated already, because I had chosen to spend $200 for a phone for the first time in my life and I ended up spending $300. I expected it to return at least in better shape than how I sent it. When it got back, it had a deep scratch on the case cover that barely missed the camera lens by a milimeter (apparently someone used an xacto knife to cut the foam wrap open and did it so well it even cut through the phone, real classy RMA service indeed).
I emailed Asus about the problem and wrote a review on Amazon posting the before/after pictures and whatnot. Asus replied they'd send me a new case cover at no cost, which I was really satisfied with. The phone worked fine for 10 days.
Yesterday when I woke up and turned off the phone's alarm clock, it went dead and then it started turning on and off repeatedly on its own. I got scared so when it turned on finally, I turned it off and left it like that the whole morning cause I had to go to work. At 12:30 in the afternoon I decided maybe it was a good time to check on it and when I grabbed it I realized it was really, REALLY hot, like 'about to burst into flames' hot. I freaked out and pried the case cover open and took out the sim and memory card, left the phone on the floor so that it would cool down. An hour later it was still hot. Two hours later it cooled down but it kept turning on and off on its own.
I only use Asus accesories and I've never dropped the phone, I've never rooted it nor customized it in any way (haven't even had time to do much with it, actually) so what's happened just eludes me. I'm really mad about this and I want to ask you what I should do.
I sent an email to Asus asking for a refund, but even IF they do agree to that I'll have to send the phone back, and by the time this is over I'll have spent the price of two Zenfone 2 in, like, 3 months.
I don't even have money left to buy another phone, I'm not sure what I should do and want to ask if anyone here has experienced similar issues or knows how to solve this.
Is ASUS Customer Service and RMA always like this? Is it because I live very far away and can't sue the reason they might not be taking my case seriously?
Sorry if it's too long or rant-ish, I'm just over my head with this phone x_x
thanks!
Hello there,
Yes I had the same turning on and off problem so I sent it for repair through RMA.
You can check my post I made on Zentalk here : http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=26940
I experienced the same issue when experimenting with smart lock. Turning on smart voice and smart location sent my phone into a series of reboots . Once I turned them of things returned to normal.
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Smart lock wasn't on, as far as I know (nor smart voice or smart location).
I sent my complaint to ASUS last week, it's been five days now and it should've been answered within 48hs. I'm fuming now. Phone still doesn't work.
Blasterkat101 said:
Hey there, this is my second post on here. I'm amazed that it's my second time having bad experiences with the Zenfone 2 when I see everyone so happy with it. Ok, here I go.
A month ago, my (one month old) phone died, you can check the issue and answers here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/help/zenfone-2-charging-dead-t3149072
I asked for a replacement and was denied, sent the phone for RMA instead (spent around $90 to send it and another $10 to get it back, cause I live in South America and had to pay for any costs sorrounding mailing).
I was pretty frustrated already, because I had chosen to spend $200 for a phone for the first time in my life and I ended up spending $300. I expected it to return at least in better shape than how I sent it. When it got back, it had a deep scratch on the case cover that barely missed the camera lens by a milimeter (apparently someone used an xacto knife to cut the foam wrap open and did it so well it even cut through the phone, real classy RMA service indeed).
I emailed Asus about the problem and wrote a review on Amazon posting the before/after pictures and whatnot. Asus replied they'd send me a new case cover at no cost, which I was really satisfied with. The phone worked fine for 10 days.
Yesterday when I woke up and turned off the phone's alarm clock, it went dead and then it started turning on and off repeatedly on its own. I got scared so when it turned on finally, I turned it off and left it like that the whole morning cause I had to go to work. At 12:30 in the afternoon I decided maybe it was a good time to check on it and when I grabbed it I realized it was really, REALLY hot, like 'about to burst into flames' hot. I freaked out and pried the case cover open and took out the sim and memory card, left the phone on the floor so that it would cool down. An hour later it was still hot. Two hours later it cooled down but it kept turning on and off on its own.
I only use Asus accesories and I've never dropped the phone, I've never rooted it nor customized it in any way (haven't even had time to do much with it, actually) so what's happened just eludes me. I'm really mad about this and I want to ask you what I should do.
I sent an email to Asus asking for a refund, but even IF they do agree to that I'll have to send the phone back, and by the time this is over I'll have spent the price of two Zenfone 2 in, like, 3 months.
I don't even have money left to buy another phone, I'm not sure what I should do and want to ask if anyone here has experienced similar issues or knows how to solve this.
Is ASUS Customer Service and RMA always like this? Is it because I live very far away and can't sue the reason they might not be taking my case seriously?
Sorry if it's too long or rant-ish, I'm just over my head with this phone x_x
thanks!
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Dear Blasterkat101,
In regards to the power issue, is the phone charging showing any LED indicator light when power is connected?
Have you tried a different USB cable?
Please visually inspect USB cable and connector port on the phone to see if there is any obstruction or damage.
Have you tried connecting to a PC to see if it can be recognized?
Sincerely,
Frank
ASUS_USA
[email protected]
ZF2
I feel your pain. I purchase my ZF2 in July, it failed in September with the cover sensor constantly thinking I was opening and closing the phone. I paid $25 for the advanced RMA, then sent me a replacement phone that was well used and stained.
The stained phone worked good for about a week, then the power button failed. I paid the $25 for another advanced RMA, they sent me a brand new phone (looked new in box) and this one was also a dud. Would not power on at all, and wouldn't respond to being connected to the charger.
Now I have to RMA this 3rd phone, wait for it to be processed (can't have 2 RMA's at the same time) and try to open a new standard RMA after Thanksgiving.
In the mean time, I'm using my Nokia 1520 with Windows 10 (another converstation)
I know that ASUS is not a top tier provider, but this has been an unbelievable process.
Had one do that
I love my zenfone 2 so much that when my son needed a new phone I got him one. His did the same thing after 2 days. After fussing with it for 20 minutes I was able to get it into the factory recovery. A factory reset later and his phone was fine.
I had purchased 2 ZenFone 2, 1 for me and my wife on 5/11/2015.
Well my wife's Zen2 wouldn't turn on and it had a full charge 3 days ago.
I've tired a hard reset connected to a different usb cable and also charger, messed with it for 2 days and NADA it was DEAD......
She doesn't use the phone much maybe 1 gb of data for the month and under 100 mins and she hates to text..
But I did get the extended warranty from Newegg for $25 per phone and they will email you a gift card for the same price of what I paid for the phone.
As soon as the Tracking info hit UPS the gift card came in my email within 36 hours and I ordered her The ZenFone 2 Laser which should be here Tomorrow hopefully she will be happy with it.
Zenfone2
My support experience with ASUS has been truly awful. Has anyone else seen this happen? It's almost like ASUS knows the phone is a dud, and they're just going through the motions.

Random shutdown after latest update

When i try to start the watch, it seems to get to the watch face, but when i hit the settings, it seems to shutdown, and the only thing i can do is put back on the cradle. If i leave on the cradle it seems to work fine. What i don't understand is i have two of the same watch one black one silver, and the silver works flawless. I am wondering if i have to clear cache, or how do i collect a log of whats happening. I've tried factory reset. uninstalling aw app, nothing seems to work. Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
I am getting same thing for last couple updates. Don't even use watch anymore Cuz it just shuts off randomly. Tried clearing everything and reinstalling, etc. No luck so far.
Same thing here, but mine shuts down during my run when I listen music off of it, around 75-80% battery, but works fine when I use it normally, without connected Bluetooth headphones
I've been getting random shutdowns for the last few months.
Sometimes I feel like it's triggered by lots of vibrating on the watch, but no correlation to battery level, most of the time it's in the 60% percentage.
I've done a factory reset and deleted and uninstalled and reinstalled android wear on the phone several times, and it always fixes it temporarily...
Sounds epidemic.
How hard was it to get a replacement?
Anybody able to find a fix? TIA
Same problem. At first I figured it was a but that came with an update and would get fixed on the next one. I stopped wearing it for a while. Now, months later, still doing it.
I got the 360 the first day it was available. I'm thinking that I'm probably out of warranty now. Should have placed a complaint when it first happened.
Has anyone found a resolution?
MarkCoburn said:
Same problem. At first I figured it was a but that came with an update and would get fixed on the next one. I stopped wearing it for a while. Now, months later, still doing it.
I got the 360 the first day it was available. I'm thinking that I'm probably out of warranty now. Should have placed a complaint when it first happened.
Has anyone found a resolution?
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My experience is nearly identical to yours. Bought my Moto 360 on release day, it started having problems about 9 months shutting down. I factory reset, removed apps, eventually upgraded to a different phone, all the problems continued.
When I finally called Moto support, my warranty had expired, but they told me for $100 they'd replace it. I did that and just got my replacement, and I must say it's Awesome. I forgot what it was like to have a smart watch that lasts 18 hours and never shuts down regardless of how much I use it!
So, $100... you can buy a new or refurb Moto 360 for that online, so maybe it's not worth it. It's still a great smart watch IMO though. At this point I feel no need to upgrade to 2nd gen.
For the defects, this appears to be a widespread problem for Moto 360 1st gen. Best of luck to you.
still any solution
Did anyone find solution to this?
I've the same problem. In fact, it won't restart until I put if back in the cradle. On top of that, I no longer get any messaging/email notifications.
Well, about 16 months in to my replacement and it started happening again... OG Moto 360, just like the original. I suppose it's time to upgrade. Still, 16 months for $100 outdated technology smart watch worn every day isn't terrible.
I had the same issue, would randomly shut down and whenever I tried to open an app or settings it would just die. It was the battery, i found a replacement battery on ebay for around $25 replaced it and now it's working as expected.
Rick Butts said:
I had the same issue, would randomly shut down and whenever I tried to open an app or settings it would just die. It was the battery, i found a replacement battery on ebay for around $25 replaced it and now it's working as expected.
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Wow, seriously?! I just looked, and sure enough the batteries are all over eBay. How difficult was it to replace?
not too hard to replace... Check out the instructions on YouTube... Took me about 15 minutes

Moto 360 2nd gen reboot loop

My watch has entered a weird state. Probably after an update but I haven't noticed anything.
While off charger, it just tries to restart all the time. The screen is black and every 10 seconds it does once or twice a short vibration. In one case I noticed it went further with the boot up sequence and occasionally I can see bootloader / fastboot there (dark screen, small colorful text, debug info). This is happening until the battery dies off.
When I put it on charger, it usually starts booting up. It often goes up to the "Installing apps 1 of 20" screen. Very often it restarts itself during this phase but sometimes it goes beyond that and the watch actually starts. I can see the charging indicator and change it colors with swipe.
If removed from the charger, it immediately dies
What's weird that after a while, the charging indicator disappears and is replaced with the actual Android Wear interface I can interact with. I tried to go to settings and hit reset, but it just restarts the watch. Doesn't do the reset.
Usually the longer the watch sits in the charger, the worse the behavior is (ie it's just constantly restarting after a while). I get the best results when I let the battery die and then put it on the charger.
Also the watch is really really warm the whole time.
To me it seems like a software problem. If it was a phone, I'd just invoke factory reset somehow, over the cable or through boot menu. Is there a trick how to do it with the watch as well? Are there any stores with required equipment? I really don't want to send it back.
Same here mate, did you eventually solve it?? How? I really don't want to return it..
nicofit said:
Same here mate, did you eventually solve it?? How? I really don't want to return it..
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I did not. I used my warranty and sent it back to Motorola. I have a new watch now.
I understand that you don't want to return it. The process was extremely long, painful and annoying. They decided that I'm entitled to get a new watch pretty quickly and sent me a coupon for a new one. I never got that coupon. I spent lots of time calling Motorola trying to find out what was going on and it took a couple of weeks before they found where the mistake was. When they finally sent me the coupon, it was only for the base watch, it did not cover the metal band and the special bezel that my original watch had. So more calls and e-mails to Motorola followed...
Anyway, I know this is the last thing you want to hear but the sooner you accept that your watch is just broken, the sooner you'll get a new one I wish you more luck than I had.
tobice said:
I did not. I used my warranty and sent it back to Motorola. I have a new watch now.
I understand that you don't want to return it. The process was extremely long, painful and annoying. They decided that I'm entitled to get a new watch pretty quickly and sent me a coupon for a new one. I never got that coupon. I spent lots of time calling Motorola trying to find out what was going on and it took a couple of weeks before they found where the mistake was. When they finally sent me the coupon, it was only for the base watch, it did not cover the metal band and the special bezel that my original watch had. So more calls and e-mails to Motorola followed...
Anyway, I know this is the last thing you want to hear but the sooner you accept that your watch is just broken, the sooner you'll get a new one I wish you more luck than I had.
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You're right, not what I wanted to read... I turned it off now, with the silly hope to wake up tomorrow and see it working again. While leaving it on the charger it became way too warm.
The worst is that this is my wife's watch, and she is even less patient than I am
Damn
Hello,
I have the almost the same issue. Last Friday my watch died randomly when I walked home from work. The screen went black, flashed a bit in different colors and then died. Haven't been able to turn it on since. When I try to charge it, it keeps getting stuck in a reboot loop. I can't do nothing...super annoying. It's been 10 months for me since I bought it but I guess that's out of these "6 months warranty" that then give. Crazy, only 6 months!
Same issue
Does soneone has a solition so far?
wjhessels said:
Does soneone has a solition so far?
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have you tried getting it on to bootloader whilst on the charger just hold the power button down mine does it sometimes but it boots eventualy

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